CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
I love my gas stove (for its simplicity and reasons) but there’s absolutely no question it produces CO, CO2, and other combustion products in addition to the usual VOCs from cooking and I need a really big hood to handle it.
This judge is not qualified.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
There is a study that showed Asian women who cook at home were getting lung cancer regardless of the hood.
darkmarx@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Source?
anon6789@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Not OP, but it made me curious too, and this is the study I found that sounded like what was mentioned.
From my quick skim of it, it didn’t look at gas vs electric specifically, and I don’t know if biomass fuel use was included in this study or not. Their results seemed to indicate more cooking daily in general, lots of frying, and not using a fume hood all had notable increases in cancer risk per their data collected.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
The frying is important because that means they’re also eating that food, and fried food has links to cancer. Frying also releases a lot of VOCs, regardless of heat source.